Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 2, 1 February 2017 — Federal style guide clarifies Hawaiʻi resident vs Hawaiian [ARTICLE]

Federal style guide clarifies Hawaiʻi resident vs Hawaiian

f you're from Arizona, you're called an Arizonan. Those who live in Florida are Floridians. Depending on your home state, you could be a Californian, an Iowan or an Kentuckian. There are exceptions to this naming convention, of course: you could be a Connecticuter, a New Yorker or even a Hoosier, if you happen to be from Indiana. So what do you eall people who live in Hawai'iP It's not a question most kama'āina need to ask. If you live in Hawai'i, you ean be a resident but having a loeal address doesn't automatically make you Hawaiian. Even if you were born in Hawai'i - and therefore native to Hawai'i - you're not Native Hawaiian unless you're of Hawaiian ancestry, whieh accounts for roughly a quarter of the state's population. The U.S. Government Publishing Office's newest style manual for official government

publications now clarifies for the rest of the nation what many in Hawai'i already understand. In its guidance on how to refer to "natives of the States," it advises that a person from Hawai'i is a "Hawaii resident," not to be confused with a Native Hawaiian, whieh is included in another list that denotes race and ethnicity. Under Section 5.25, "Native American words," the style guide advises: "Words, including Tribal and and other proper names of Indian, Alaska Native, Hawaiian, and other groups, are to be followed literally as to spelling and the use of spaces, diacriticals, hyphens, etc. Interestingly, the GPO style guide omitted the okina in its instructions on how to refer to the people of Hawai'i. You ean view the 475-page GPO style manual online at https://www.govinfo.gov/ features/new-edition-gpo-style-manual. ■ - Treena Shapiro

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